Articles tagged "Living-related liver donors"

2020 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison Study of Liver Regeneration in Laparoscopic versus Open Right Hemihepatectomy for Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. Kim, J. Yang, J. Rhu, G. Choi, J. Joh
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study aims to compare differences between laparoscopic donor right hemihepatectomy (LDRH) and open donor right hemihepatectomy (ODRH) in the quality of the operation,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Beyond UCSF Criteria: Tumor Biology Not the Tumor Number Decide the Long Term Outcome- A Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Using Extended Criteria
A. Thorat, L. Jeng, S. Hsu, H. Yang, P. Li, T. Chen, K. Poon
Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
*Purpose: HCC is the fifth most common cancer and the third most frequent cause of cancer deaths worldwide. After its introduction for LT in HCC…
2020 American Transplant Congress
National Experience with Living Donor Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
J. Silverstein¹, F. Yao¹, J. D. Grab², H. Braun², J. Roberts², J. Dodge², N. Mehta¹
¹Dept of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Dept of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: LDLT is an attractive option to decrease both wait time and risk of waitlist dropout in HCC. This study aimed to evaluate temporal and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Prescription Pattern and Risk Factors Associated with Opioid Use after Living Donor Hepatectomy in the US
M. Nguyen¹, L. Vest², Z. Zhang², V. Whittaker³, M. Schnitzler¹, D. Axelrod⁴, H. Randall¹, C. Varma¹, J. Snyder⁵, B. Kasiske⁵, D. Segev⁶, M. McAdams Demarco⁷, G. Hess⁸, K. Lentine²
¹Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Opioids are the cornerstone of acute pain management after living donor hepatectomy. Their misuse poses the danger of chronic abuse. How this affects living…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Higher Probability of Living Donor Liver Transplantation is Associated with DSAs Having a Higher Median Meld at Transplant
D. Haakinson¹, S. Noreen², D. Stewart², R. Batra¹, G. Gan¹, Y. Deng¹, S. Kulkarni¹
¹Yale, New Haven, CT, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent studies show that outcomes of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are superior compared to those receiving deceased donor grafts. Access to deceased donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Human Live Donor Liver Transplantation is Associated with Pd-l1 Expression on Donor-Exosome-Acquiring Host Dendritic Cells
D. Lema, E. Jankowska-Gan, D. Al-Adra, W. Burlingham
Surgery- Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) has been associated with the phenomenon of “cross-dressing” of recipient dendritic cells (DCs) by donor exosome-derived MHC antigens, and acquisition of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Expanding Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation tn the United States
K. N. Wanis¹, A. Sarvet¹, M. J. Stensrud¹, B. Al-Judaibi², K. Tomiyama³, R. Hernandez-Alejandro³
¹Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Division of Transplantation/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: We estimated the effect that expansion of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) would have on mortality for individuals added to the waitlist.*Methods: Using data…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Steatosis by PDFF Affects Percent Remnant Liver Regeneration in Living Donors without Impacting on Clinical Outcomes
A. Duarte-Rojo, Q. Qi, K. Chupetlovska, D. R. Jorgensen, A. A. Borhani, A. Furlan, S. Ganesh, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Mild steatosis (5-33% of fat) is not expected to affect liver regeneration following partial hepatectomy. Novel methods to assess steatosis, such as proton density…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience of the First 13 Cases of Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
H. Choi¹, C. Seo¹, J. Ahn¹, G. Na², Y. You¹
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is gradually increasing with two consensus meetings. However, purely laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy (PLDRH) is still being performed carefully, because donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Percutaneous Choledochoscopy and Laser Biliary Stricturoplasty: A Case Series of Novel Management of Refractory Post-Liver Transplant Biliary Complications
W. E. Jackson¹, P. S. Trivedi², J. J. Pomposelli³, T. J. Pshak³
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Anastomotic biliary strictures are a well-recognized complication after living and deceased donor liver transplant (LDLT and DDLT). Management focuses on utilizing endoscopic retrograde cholangiography…